Austin Hoffman, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Austin Hoffman

Austin Hoffman is a humanities and Latin teacher at Charis Classical Academy. He has written for FORMA and CiRCE Institute. He received his M.A. in Christian and Classical Studies from Knox Theological Seminary.

Hell Is Getting What You Want

By Austin Hoffman|2024-07-13T12:41:15-05:00July 13th, 2024|Categories: Freedom, Timeless Essays, Tyranny|

Just as all men recognize tyranny as the most oppressive regime, we should recognize a tyrannical soul as the most onerous. The tyrannical soul gets exactly what it wants, but this is a curse, not a blessing. Freedom from all constraint is actually the worst form of slavery. “A dream is a wish your heart [...]

The Unique Advantages of Latin and Greek

By Austin Hoffman|2020-08-19T14:02:23-05:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Classical Education, Classics, Education, Intelligence, Language, Liberal Learning, Music|

In order to reap the full rewards of a classical education, schools should prize the classical languages as highly as they do the mathematical arts. The qualitative and the quantitative are essential aspects of human understanding, without which no one may be fully educated. Every rule has a story. Perhaps you have read an old [...]